Accessibility
The Science History Institute is committed to ensuring that everyone can experience our collections, research, and facilities.
We believe that everyone can find a place for themselves in the history of science and that it is our responsibility to eliminate barriers to participation as we move towards a more inclusive vision of the past and the future of STEM. To that end, we provide a number of services to ensure the accessibility of our work. If you require other accommodations, please contact the event organizer for specific events.
We are taking steps to be as accessible as we can in both our physical and digital spaces. We invite you to share how we can be more accessible to you. Please contact us at accessibility@sciencehistory.org or by phone at 215.925.2222 to make inquiries or to share your feedback.
Guest and Visitor Services
A wheelchair-accessible pedestrian gate is available at our parking lot entrance on 3rd Street between Chestnut and Market Streets. The pedestrian gate is unlocked during regular business hours and for special events. If you need assistance with opening the gate, please call 215.925.2222 ahead of your visit so we can be on standby to assist you. If you’re traveling by car, drive up to the parking lot gate, which will open automatically during regular business hours Monday through Saturday and during special events. Please call 215.925.2222 ahead of your visit to ensure access to a parking spot. You may park in any open spot marked “Visitor” or in one of two reserved wheelchair-lift accessible spots. To enter the building, please call our receptionist via the intercom at the door marked “East Entrance.”
Elevators are located throughout the building and wheelchair accessible restrooms and water fountains are available on each floor.
All videos on display in the museum include closed captioning.
Service animals are always welcome at the Science History Institute.
All events held on-site at the Science History Institute are accessible to people who use wheelchairs and other forms of mobility assistance. A wheelchair-accessible pedestrian gate is available at our parking lot entrance on 3rd Street between Chestnut and Market Streets. The pedestrian gate is unlocked during regular business hours and for special events. If you need assistance with opening the gate, please call 215.925.2222 ahead of your visit so we can be on standby to assist you.
If you’re traveling by car, drive up to the parking lot gate, which will open automatically during regular business hours Monday through Saturday and during special events. Please call 215.925.2222 ahead of your visit to ensure access to a parking spot. You may park in any open spot marked “Visitor” or in one of two reserved wheelchair-lift accessible spots. To enter the building, please call our receptionist via the intercom at the door marked “East Entrance.”
Elevators are located throughout the building and wheelchair accessible restrooms and water fountains are available on each floor.
All videos on display in the museum include closed captioning.
Service animals are always welcome at the Science History Institute.
When ASL interpreters are already scheduled for an event, it will be noted in the event description. Events held in our Ullyot and Haas conference rooms are equipped with a limited number of assistive listening devices. For more information or to request additional assistance with ASL interpretation, captioning, listening devices, or any other specific needs for joining us, please contact the event organizer at least 5–7 business days before the event.
The Science History Institute is committed to our website being fully accessible to all users. We are undertaking work to ensure our digital content meets W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level A and Level AA. This process is ongoing. If you require information on our website that is not accessible to you, please contact accessibility@sciencehistory.org or call us at 215.925.2222 and we will be happy to provide the information in an alternative format.
For more information about the accommodations available to guests and visitors to the Science History Institute, please contact accessibility@sciencehistory.org or call us at 215.925.2222.